Le Café des flamants roses, le jardin des licornes

RosieandherMaw

Jaxjacky

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All 4 !

I did a double take when I saw this! Nightmares!!!

Jaxjacky

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All 4 !

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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. !

I’m getting flashbacks 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

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Ellianne

My grandchildren have a pile of story books and lots of them are in the passé historique so learning it isn't a useless exercise.

They will presumably absorb it naturally by reading them, same as young children absorb language generally.

I seem to recall having to learn the past historic for A level French so could probably recognise and understand it, but wouldn’t be able to produce it on demand.

Marydoll

Mollygo

I haven’t heard zut alors for years. Mostly I find I hear merde!

I have learned a few good words, watching gritty French police dramas. Far more expressive than merdre! 😉

The Italian ones are also a great source of new vocabulary. 😁

Oops! 😚

Did I say that I also have difficulties of a dyslexic nature. (That's what the educational psychologist used to say!)
MEDRE!

Mollygo

I haven’t heard zut alors for years. Mostly I find I hear merde!

I have learned a few good words, watching gritty French police dramas. Far more expressive than merdre! 😉

The Italian ones are also a great source of new vocabulary. 😁

I often hear something that sounds like the Russian president?

I haven’t heard zut alors for years. Mostly I find I hear merde!

Marydoll

Joseann

I find wearing a beret and stripey top does the trick equally well!

Should the beret be red and the stripey top, blue and white for authenticity?

Bien sûr!

In all seriousness, didn't sacré bleu come from sacré Dieu? I believe it was used a lot in literature in the 17th/18th century stuff we had to read. (Shows you're well read * Marydoll*, if rusty!). Does the French language in general have more blasphemous expressions?

Joseann

I find wearing a beret and stripey top does the trick equally well!

Should the beret be red and the stripey top, blue and white for authenticity?

I find wearing a beret and stripey top does the trick equally well!

Grandmafrench

"Sacré bleu" and "Zut alors" are phrases simply not used here, so best avoid unless trying to sound like you're auditioning for a part in "Allo Allo".

It was intended to be tongue in cheek! ☹

(B.TW, I have a Master's degree in French Language and Literature, but I do admit to being very rusty. 😉)

Grandmafrench

"Sacré bleu" and "Zut alors" are phrases simply not used here, so best avoid unless trying to sound like you're auditioning for a part in "Allo Allo".

Sans blague!

(Ah weel say thees oanly wance…)

Maybe those who used these expressions were being rather witty, because we are actually talking about the usage of the archaic, best avoided passé simple here?
But what do I know?

"Sacré bleu" and "Zut alors" are phrases simply not used here, so best avoid unless trying to sound like you're auditioning for a part in "Allo Allo".

Il commença à m'énerver. Moi aussi!

Il voulait contrôler les discussions. Sacrebleu! 😱

IIRC, he didn't like the smutty bits😆.

🙂

Bellanonna

He was possibly vegetarian, Joseann?

Yes, but I did offer alternatives! I think he wanted to take over my kitchen. 🔪